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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.18,0:00:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Like so many Americans,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.81,0:00:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my family and my friends have faced\Nmental health challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.35,0:00:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, you know,\NI think that there's very few families
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.99,0:00:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very few workplaces or communities\Nthat can't say that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.72,0:00:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think one of the things\Nthat I've seen is even as we've made
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.46,0:00:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advances in the ability\Nto treat mental health,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.100,0:00:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the actual delivery of that treatment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.60,0:00:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the affordability and the accessibility\Nhas often lagged behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.90,0:00:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so one of the things I've been\Nreally focused on is trying to make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.24,0:00:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that insurers, that providers are actually\Ndelivering on mental health care.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.35,0:00:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I moved to Orange County\Nten years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.32,0:00:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were no pediatric\Nmental health beds in the entire county.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.89,0:00:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I said, you might think,\Nwell, it's just a county.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.66,0:01:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orange County is bigger than like\N20 some states,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.50,0:01:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet we had no pediatric\Nmental health beds.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.56,0:01:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so although that's changed\Nwith leadership of our children's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.57,0:01:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hospital over time, it really goes\Nto show you how difficult it is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.51,0:01:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to find mental\Nhealth care as well as afford it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.31,0:01:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when I talk about people\Nbeing healthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.01,0:01:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean healthy in every\Naspect of their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.95,0:01:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both physical and mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.09,0:01:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, talking to different people about\Ntheir experiences, one of the great
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.23,0:01:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things about being a congressperson is\Npeople share their life stories with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.16,0:01:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They share their frustrations with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.03,0:01:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think one of the amazing things\Nthat we've seen the disability community
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.10,0:01:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do, over my lifetime,\Nas I was born in the era of the ADA.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.74,0:01:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Iowa.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.98,0:01:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Harkin was my senator,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.54,0:01:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can remember what a big deal it\Nwas to have the ADA pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.42,0:02:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we've seen the stigma reduced and more\Nand more people feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.32,0:02:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can talk about their frustrations\Nand their challenges,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.99,0:02:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they could accomplish,\Nwhat they couldn't get,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.39,0:02:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of wellness,\Nand what they often are falling short on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.13,0:02:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, you know I started\Ntalking to different people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.56,0:02:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started looking at things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.57,0:02:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know talking to psychiatrists\Nin our community, psychologists,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.87,0:02:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social workers, schools, teachers,\Nand hearing about their challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.98,0:02:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think that's really part of being\Na representative, is that learning part.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.81,0:02:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning what the problems\Nare in your community
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.25,0:02:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then teaching other people about them\Nto create that momentum to fix them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.92,0:02:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are real lessons to be drawn\Nfrom the successes of the ADA,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.16,0:02:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the successes of the advocacy\Nof the disability community
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.40,0:02:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who support the disability\Ncommunity have done, which is that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.67,0:02:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing every American,\Nregardless of their different abilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.94,0:03:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to achieve their potential,\Nis a great thing for our economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.55,0:03:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, when we design inclusive things,\Nnot only do we create opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.85,0:03:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people with disabilities\Nto contribute to our economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.19,0:03:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to contribute their talents\Nand their passions to our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.16,0:03:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But often designing things\Nfrom an inclusive perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.40,0:03:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creates a better outcome for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.43,0:03:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I heard a lot\Nabout this exact thing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.34,0:03:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I chaired my hearing this fall
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.94,0:03:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Oversight and Investigations\NSubcommittee on Natural Resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.31,0:03:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really interested in the topic\Nof the accessibility of public lands,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.85,0:03:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I mean the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.72,0:03:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accessibility to a lot of different ways,\Nincluding the cost of getting there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.62,0:03:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the transportation issues where we locate\Nthese public lands in terms of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.89,0:03:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.02,0:03:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also meant very particularly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.89,0:03:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the accessibility for\Nthe disability community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.33,0:03:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what I learned:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.93,0:03:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good trail design that helps people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.24,0:03:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with physical disabilities\Nis also the right
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.04,0:04:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of trail design to prevent erosion\Nand ensure conservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.84,0:04:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in addition to making\Nthese trails more accessible
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.21,0:04:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people who, for example, may\Nuse wheelchairs, may use different kinds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.78,0:04:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of walking assistance\Nor mobility assistance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you also make those trails easier\Nfor people who use strollers and have kids
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.29,0:04:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people who are seniors\Nwho may have balance challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.63,0:04:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the result is more people\Nin our national parks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.03,0:04:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more people on our public lands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.83,0:04:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is good,\Nboth for our souls, for our spirits,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.10,0:04:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also for our economy and those rural\Ncommunities around the public lands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.74,0:04:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think it's just a false idea\Nthat sometimes gets pushed out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.14,0:04:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by corporations, or by the business\Ncommunity, that accomodating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.75,0:04:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every American to the extent possible,\Nis somehow a burden or an expense.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.75,0:04:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the contrary,\Nit is a benefit and it is a privilege
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.06,0:04:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are able in our country to welcome\Neverybody into these institutions and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.63,0:04:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizations.\NAs a
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.76,0:04:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Single mom of three kids, who
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.87,0:05:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by myself when I have little kids\Nand trying to navigate,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.04,0:05:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know,\Na lot of the things that our people may
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.64,0:05:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think of in a strict legal sense\Nas sort of accommodations
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.08,0:05:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the disability community,\Nalso make those trails
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.05,0:05:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those experiences possible for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.78,0:05:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a great example here is designing\Npicnic tables
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.55,0:05:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that accommodate wheelchairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.52,0:05:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those same picnic tables\Nalso accommodate high chairs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.29,0:05:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accommodate people\Nwho need different kinds of seating
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.73,0:05:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and different kinds of support\Nwhen they sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.73,0:05:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think these's a lot of inclusive\Ndesign principle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.93,0:05:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we ought to be bringing to everything
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.24,0:05:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognizing too,\Nthat the disability community
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.77,0:05:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people with disabilities, it's\Nnot just one kind of disability
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.48,0:05:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the kinds of technological systems\Nand what's possible
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.68,0:05:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people is going to change over time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.42,0:05:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for more inclusive\Nwe can be in those design principles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.72,0:05:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're offering going to better be better
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.12,0:05:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at achieving our goals\Nand set ourselves up for the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.99,0:06:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I hope will continue\Nto see more options and possibilities
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.43,0:06:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people\Nwith disabilities to fully participate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.50,0:06:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things we've seen is, for example,\Nwith housing for our military,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.61,0:06:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my teacher, Senator Warren, was pushing\Nto make sure that we're building more
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.75,0:06:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,military housing, that it can accommodate\Npeople with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.68,0:06:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we were to design these houses\Nwith a "visitability" lens,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.82,0:06:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you said,\Nwe would build them all that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.82,0:06:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means as the population of people\Nwith disabilities goes up and down,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.16,0:06:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't run into these shortages.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.60,0:06:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these blockages\Nbecause we've designed it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.43,0:06:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it's appropriate for everybody\Nright from the start.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.10,0:06:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orange County, California,\Nreally boomed in sort of the seventies,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.34,0:06:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the eighties, and the nineties,\Nand a lot those folds now are aging.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.01,0:06:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the district that I represent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.64,0:06:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,California's 45th District,\Nwe have an aging population.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.08,0:06:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're also home to the second largest\Nretirement community in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.82,0:07:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laguna Woods.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.99,0:07:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us now at different points\Nin our life, will benefit from
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.66,0:07:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from different kinds of accommodations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.06,0:07:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that's why I think about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.66,0:07:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accommodating disabilities,\Nnot as something that we do
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.53,0:07:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just for people with disabilities,\Nbut it's something we do for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.87,0:07:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all benefit from having people\Nwith disabilities in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.97,0:07:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and among places, and we also all benefit\Nfrom those universal design principles,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.28,0:07:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often at different points in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.59,0:07:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People with disabilities often face\Nspecial health care needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.52,0:07:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what they get from the healthcare\Nsystem is distinctly unfair treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.26,0:07:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see this in a lot of different\Nways, everything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.93,0:07:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from denial of organ transplants
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.94,0:07:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to very, very difficult,\Narduous arguments about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.97,0:07:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is and is not medically necessary\Nfor people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.91,0:08:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've been working across the aisle\Nto address some of these issues
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.11,0:08:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm really grateful
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.42,0:08:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the disability community\Nin helping me understand these challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.92,0:08:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raise them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.92,0:08:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example, with my colleague\NJamie Herrera Butler, a representative
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.99,0:08:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Republican from Washington,\Nwe have introduced the Charlotte Woodward
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.59,0:08:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organ Transplant Discrimination\NPrevention Act,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.53,0:08:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would end blatant discrimination\Nin organ donation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.54,0:08:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against people with disabilities\Nwhich is often based on perceived years
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.67,0:08:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of life, years of quality life in ways\Nthat are really unfair
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.21,0:08:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.25,0:08:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've also been working on making sure\Nthat we preserve
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.82,0:08:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tax deduction\Nfor extraordinary medical expenses.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.85,0:08:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a big issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.56,0:08:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People with disabilities, particularly\Nif they're facing any kind of surgery
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.82,0:08:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or procedure\Nto continue to treat disability
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.80,0:08:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout their lifetime, making sure\Nthat we preserve that tax deduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.67,0:08:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then also looking at\Nwhat insurers are doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.67,0:09:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me, this started with\Na real interest in mental health parity,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.57,0:09:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the promise that insurers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.81,0:09:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that treat mental health\Nand physical health the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.88,0:09:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do not.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.75,0:09:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They break that promise year after year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.48,0:09:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I passed a bill\Nto help crack down on insurers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.72,0:09:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that got me interest in how insurers\Ndefine medical necessity
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.66,0:09:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way that they do this\Nwith regard to things like
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.93,0:09:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wheelchairs, assistive
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.30,0:09:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devices,\Nprostheses is really, really problematic.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.90,0:09:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's often very, very biased\Nagainst the disability community
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.87,0:09:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prevents them from being as healthy\Nas they could be.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.24,0:09:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've written to the Biden administration\Nand asked them to issue better guidance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.68,0:09:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to insurance companies on what they mean\Nby medical necessity, and to police insurers more.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.95,0:09:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not be putting it on\Npatients, on consumers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.09,0:09:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to go to battle with these huge\Ninsurance companies with big insurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.56,0:10:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the job of the government to\Nfairly enforce the law and to look behind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.87,0:10:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what may seem like a vacuous definitions\Nof medical necessity and see how in
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.37,0:10:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real life they are discriminating\Nagainst people with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.25,0:10:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, look, healthy air, clean water,\Nbeing able to be healthy in
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.05,0:10:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your environment is something\Nthat's important for all Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.69,0:10:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is particularly important\Nfor people who may be struggling with
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.03,0:10:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lung disease, maybe have more difficult\Nto treat conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.93,0:10:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think this is an issue\Nabout equity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.70,0:10:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an issue of justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.90,0:10:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that certain communities\Nas well, lower income
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.64,0:10:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communities, communities of color of long\Nthan the repository of pollution.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.11,0:10:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think it's important that\Nwe begin that transition to green energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.15,0:10:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we see it as something\Nthat we're doing both for our health,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.88,0:10:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our planet,\Nbut also for our economic competitiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.59,0:11:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many of our competitor countries,\Nincluding China,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.23,0:11:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are investing much more in green energy\Nthan we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.23,0:11:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And part of the reason they're doing that\Nis they understand that the economy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.20,0:11:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has the manufacturing jobs\Nfor the next century
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.04,0:11:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be the country that figures out\Nhow to manufacture in a clean way.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.01,0:11:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the same thing in terms\Nof thinking about housing shortage,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.64,0:11:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with is a big issue here in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.81,0:11:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we build more housing?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.52,0:11:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of that is thinking about how can we\Nbuild housing in a very green way
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.42,0:11:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that minimizes\Nthe harms on the environment, that lets us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.06,0:11:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put more dense housing\Nwithout harming our environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.66,0:11:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the things that's really,\Nreally important, as an elected official,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.33,0:11:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be honest with the American people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.77,0:11:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means really pushing\Nsome of these fossil fuel companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.10,0:11:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to push against what we call "greenwashing",\Nwhich is, you know, when they
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.51,0:11:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they say that the're all\Nabout clean energy transition
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.88,0:11:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet they continue behind the scenes\Nto spend
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.05,0:12:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions and millions of dollars\Nlobbying against clean energy initiatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.52,0:12:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that's really important,\Nnot just to ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.62,0:12:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you support clean energy?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.43,0:12:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, do you like polar bears?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.43,0:12:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's going to say yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.33,0:12:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really to say, what action\Nwill you take to put behind your words?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.47,0:12:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you know if I had asked\Nwhen you think back to the conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.94,0:12:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had with the CDC director\Nabout free COVID testing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.84,0:12:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I had asked him,\Ndo you think that, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.11,0:12:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone should not get a COVID test\Nbecause they're worried about the expense?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.72,0:12:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would have said, Oh, of course not.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.55,0:12:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everybody should get a COVID test\Nwho needs one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.12,0:12:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that doesn't mean\Nthat everyone will be able to get one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.03,0:12:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you really have to push toward\Nwhat is the action
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.16,0:12:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're going to be able\Nto connect this to.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.26,0:12:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're testifying before me\Nand you're saying that you believe
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.70,0:12:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change is real\Nand you think it's an existential threat,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.31,0:12:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to hear,\Nthe american people need to hear,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.18,0:13:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people of this world need to hear,\Nwhat are you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.95,0:13:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you doing to reduce emissions?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.78,0:13:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you doing to change your business\Nmodel?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.22,0:13:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you doing to make a difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.05,0:13:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it needs to be meaningful and real.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.92,0:13:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be empty words.